In search of life-giving ways of working

Life-nurturing vs. life-depleting behaviors

The environment within which people work is key to the organization’s success. Life-nurturing conditions contribute to high creativity and productivity, while life-depleting conditions contribute to apathy and low productivity.

Life-nurturing behaviors 1

Life-depleting behaviors 2

Listening

Controlling

Understanding

Punishing

Trusting

Regulating

Sharing

Telling

Clarifying

Shaming

Judging

Rationalizing

Notes:1 These are some of the behaviors listed in Birgitt Williams, The Genuine Contact Way: Nourishing a Culture of Leadership, (DALAR, 2014), p. 221.2Ibid..